REPORT TITLE:
Workers' Compensation


DESCRIPTION:
Exempts injuries or illnesses which result from voluntary
participation in any recreational or social activity from
workers' compensation claims.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           723
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION.
 


BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 386-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
 
 3      "(b)  No compensation shall be allowed for [an]:
 
 4      (1)  An injury incurred by an employee by the employee's
 
 5           wilful intention to injure oneself or another by
 
 6           actively engaging in any unprovoked non-work related
 
 7           physical altercation other than in self defense, or by
 
 8           the employee's intoxication[.]; or
 
 9      (2)  An injury or illness which results from voluntary
 
10           participation in any recreational or social activity
 
11           off the work premises solely for the employee's
 
12           personal pleasure, including, but not limited to,
 
13           employer-sponsored sporting events, team activities,
 
14           parties, and picnics."
 
15      SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
16 New statutory material is underscored.
 

 
 
 
 
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 1      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
 
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 3                           INTRODUCED BY:  _______________________